---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Lasers Pointed at Planes."
description: "No Lasers Pointed at Planes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "North Carolina SB 428 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRCRAFT", "AVIATION", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-07"
last_action: "2005-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f282f51-f1b4-4b83-a0e6-a689405de856"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S428&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b6cf9482e71193d16b6a7d602dfdfa34f043e75ad5251568871bd58a38c0df7c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 428 (2005) — No Lasers Pointed at Planes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S428v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S428v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S428v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S428v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S428v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S428v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-08-26** Ch. SL 2005-329 `became-law`
- **2005-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-19** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-11** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Placed On Cal For 8/11/2005
- **2005-08-11** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-11** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Placed On Cal For 8/11/2005
- **2005-08-11** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-19** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2005-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2005
- **2005-07-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-07-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-12** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2005
- **2005-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f282f51-f1b4-4b83-a0e6-a689405de856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).